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The primary source of funding for the Fulbright Porgram is an annual appropriation by Congress to the United States Department of State.
Participating governments and host institutions also contribute financial support through direct cost-sharing, as well as through tuition waivers, university housing, and other benefits. The United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, provides budget, administrative and staff support for the program, and negotiates agreements covering educational exchanges with foreign governments. In countries where no Fulbright Commission/Foundation exists, the Bureau coordinates management of the Fulbright Program with United States Embassies.
Overseas, the Fulbright Program is facilitated by binational Fulbright Commissions/Foundations or U.S. Embassies. Thanks to executive agreements between the United States and foreign governments, fifty of these Commissions have been founded to help fund and administer the Fulbright Program and conduct other educational exchanges.
In the United States, the Institute of International Education administers the Fulbright Foreign Student Program for Africa, Eurasia, Europe, East Asia and Pacific, South Asia, part of the Middle East, and the Western Hemisphere.
America-Mideast Educational and Training Services, Inc. (AMIDEAST) administers the Fulbright Foreign Student Program for most of the Middle East and North Africa.
LASPAU: Academic and Professional Programs for the Americas shares responsibility with IIE for administering the Fulbright Foreign Student Program for part of the Western Hemisphere. |
